Category Archives: Miscellaneous

25 Critical Patentability & Validity Developments

The Chisum Patent Academy is pleased to announce the September 2015 publication by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business of the annual Update for Volume I (Patentability and Validity) of the practitioner treatise, Mueller on Patent Law, authored by our co-founder, … Continue reading

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NEW BOOK REVISITS THE “INSTANT CAMERAS PATENT WAR”

I am not sure that I have ever reviewed a book review before, but Donald Chisum and Janice Mueller  have written a thorough and thoughtful review of Ronald Fierstein’s  book, “A Triumph of Genius” recounting one of the major patent infringement suits of … Continue reading

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U.S. Patent Commissioner Focarino To Retire

From IPO Daily News, Friday, May 1, 2015 This week U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Commissioner of Patents Margaret (Peggy) Focarino announced that she will retire on July 3 as U.S. Patent and Trademark Commissioner. Focarino has been with the … Continue reading

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Genetic Engineering Makes the Blacklist

James Spader was quirkily funny as Denny Crane’s partner on “Boston Legal,” but NBC’s “The Blacklist” has him operating totally outside of the law. He plays Raymond Reddington, an enigmatic figure who reveals to a black-ops FBI agent the evil … Continue reading

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